Description

I. Beyond sunset seas; the age of discovery, 1435-1506.--II. The golden quest; the age of conquest, 1506-1547.--III. Swords of flame; the age of animosity, 1547-1570.--IV. Princess and cavalier; the age of colonization, 1570-1620.--V. On savage shores; the age of consolidation, 1620-1643.--VI. The red frontier; the age of aspiration, 1643-1680.--VII. Dueling for empire; the age of rivalry, 1680-1700.--VIII. A rescued destiny; the age of British triumph, 1700-1763.--IX. The stars & stripes; the age of independence, 1763-1783.--X. Valor and victory; the age of vindication, 1783-1824.--XI. The great republic; the age of aggression, 1824-1854.--XII. Brothers for ever; the age of union, 1854-1868.--XIII. The eagle's wings; the age of expansion, 1868-1910